First, exam-oriented education
First of all, I extracted a report from The Boston Globe-"China Education in the Eyes of American Middle School Students: All for Exams":
I am the product of American private primary education and public secondary education, so I am used to very noisy classrooms. Compared with this, the classroom atmosphere in Beijing No.1 Middle School seems dull to me. Although the students were unruly and noisy during my class at Boston Latin School, I learned much more from Latin teachers than from this middle school in Beijing.
Students in China recite and do oral exercises all day. Their whole education is to remember everything that may happen in the college entrance examination. This is understandable, because the enrollment of public middle schools and universities in China depends entirely on scores. And there is considerable competition among students who want to enter top schools.
Moreover, the strictness of China students' homework exceeds that of all American students, especially in big cities, affluent suburbs and county towns. These students are under more pressure than most American students can imagine.
Moreover, for American students who are used to free debate and discussion in class, China students' homework seems empty and too rigid.
There is little room for curriculum freedom in schools in China. It seems that there is only one routine for everything. The homework of each class is the same, only papers are done, and writing papers is rarely required. There are no novels in class, and the teacher only encourages reading history books outside class. The purpose of class is to instill as much knowledge as possible into students in as little time as possible, and it is entirely for preparing for the entrance examination.
Students lack opportunities to discuss and digest what they have learned, and even fewer people participate in political discussions after class. Middle school students in China have little experience in decision-making and careful thinking, which Americans regard as an integral part of education. China's schools have many advantages, but they don't train philosophers.
From a foreigner's point of view, education in China is probably the fairest. "Their whole education is to remember everything that may happen in the exam." This is a summary of Chinese education for American students. You can look at the words on the screen. For American students, China's education is rigid, empty and meticulous, only preparing for exams. Classes in China are always boring. Take our class as an example. Few people raised their hands to speak. On the other hand, there may be no discipline in American classrooms, and of course there is no need for members of disciplinary committees. But that kind of activity is not reflected in China's class. Even if it is an open class, it is too fake and scary. Teachers are almost always arranged in advance, and students are just reporting performances. Okay, let's get down to business. What kind of system is exam-oriented education?
Exam-oriented education is a very old and once civilized name of the education system, which has re-emerged as a big country after several vicissitudes. However, with the progress of the times, this educational system has been criticized. Some people even say that "exam-oriented education is like a stinking wind, which blows the big country up and down beyond recognition and is extremely dirty, with a thick smoke everywhere."
After reading some articles by Han Han, I raised many questions about exam-oriented education. For example, how many functions are used in life, physical chemistry? For ordinary people, those things are not needed at all if they are not job requirements. The problem of exam-oriented education is really serious, but this kind of education can not be solved in a few days, months and years. It is precisely because of this that despite Han Han's efforts in education for so many years, there is still no improvement. Fortunately, in some places, schools and teachers have begun to "reform".
Also, why do so many people in China like "export"? Obviously, foreign education is better than domestic education! Going to a famous foreign school is better than going to a famous domestic school! To put it bluntly, I'll give you a choice, Tsinghua or Harvard, which one do you choose? China's exam-oriented education will make you get high marks, very high marks, so high that you will be scared to death when you look down. But what can it give you besides grades? China students, with poor hands-on ability, inactive thinking and lack of creativity, have been kept out of the exam-oriented education. To put it bluntly, they can't think of anything except what they have taught in the textbook! It has been recognized. Therefore, when foreign famous schools come to China to recruit students, they will not look at the achievements of China students, but at their potential. To put it bluntly, foreign famous schools are not so stupid, and the students recruited will not be nerds, which is what everyone says, "high scores and low energy."
Examination-oriented education has four disadvantages.
1. Exam-oriented education focuses on cultivating students' cultural education and ignores the cultivation of students' quality, which is also the reason for the decline of education quality now.
Second, about quality education and practice, and the transformation of education reform.
Three. Education and the disorder of a person, a nation and a country.
How to change the education system in China? What is the current education system? For us students, this is a topic related to our future. China's education reform is progressing slowly, but some system reforms, such as "reducing the burden", have been repeatedly put forward: "The government says to reduce the burden, will we really reduce the burden?" problem When the education system is good, the cultural literacy of China will go up, so we don't have to stick to the roots and stick to what our ancestors left us. We can innovate ourselves, develop ourselves, create ourselves and struggle! The following are some topics about education reform in China.